The Buccament Government School has come out on top in the Grade Six (6) Writing Competition hosted by the Ministry of Education and National Reconciliation, in collaboration with Hodder Education.

Ciana Nelson wrote her way to the top through the preliminaries and the final round in which she wrote the winning piece titled “A busy market on a Saturday morning”. EnnaBelle McMaster of the Windsor Primary School placed second and Akira Brown of the New Grounds Primary School took the third spot.

The other finalists were:

• Serena McIntosh - Lower Bay School Inc.
• Terecia Ross and Amani Hackshaw - Gomea Methodist School
• Shore Barry - Bequia Anglican Primary
• Tayeisha Roberts - Marriaqua Government School
• Kerri-Ann Greaves - Windsor Primary School
• Alyssa Theobalds - New Grounds Primary School

Several students were also awarded for their performance in the preliminary round.

• Best Expository - Tayeisha Roberts - Marriaqua Government
• Best Persuasive - Shore Barry - Bequia Anglican
• Best Narrative - Akira Browne - New Grounds Primary
• Best Descriptive - Allyssa Theobolds - New Grounds Primary
  
  

Over 20 primary schools participated in this year’s competition which is held annually to engender a culture of writing within the structure of a healthy school competition.